...and half of the Cavs fans would sing his praises, re-raise the "Witness" banner downtown, and forget how he tanked in the 4th quarter / game when it mattered. Not to mention the fact that they would tell themselves that things like "The Decision" happens, is water under the bridge, and it's time for him to come "home".

ElwoodCuse:Isn't he just going to shake down Miami for more money? Can he get more? Not sure how the NBA cap works.

If he goes back to Miami (which is still likely) it'll be for less money...and it'll be contingent on Wade & Bosh restructuring their deals because the Heat need to spend a decent amount of coin to restructure the rest of their roster.

Killer Cars:ElwoodCuse: Isn't he just going to shake down Miami for more money? Can he get more? Not sure how the NBA cap works.

If he goes back to Miami (which is still likely) it'll be for less money...and it'll be contingent on Wade & Bosh restructuring their deals because the Heat need to spend a decent amount of coin to restructure the rest of their roster.

But nobody will restructure, because making 18 million on a mediocre team is better than 16 million on a contending team.

I'm sure LeBron's "people" have been telling him that the Big 3 is really just the Big One featuring Some Other Guys Who Are Good But You Can't Always Count On When You Don't Feel Like Carrying The Weight Alone.

...and half of the Cavs fans would sing his praises, re-raise the "Witness" banner downtown, and forget how he tanked in the 4th quarter / game when it mattered. Not to mention the fact that they would tell themselves that things like "The Decision" happens, is water under the bridge, and it's time for him to come "home".

ElwoodCuse:Yeah are we really going to pretend that Jordan wasn't one of the biggest assholes of all time?

no way, that's what made him so good. Just imagine how good he would've been if wasn't a cigar chomping, high functioning alcoholic, degenerate gambler. Jordan with the work ethic and focus of Durant. Truly scary.

The Lakers own the LA market. Ballmer didn't buy the Clippers to sit #2 behind the Lakers and share an arena. Give it one to two years the Clippers will be in Seattle. Hansen is buying more land near the arena site.

You can call me crazy all you want. This move will happen. Just watch.

The Lakers own the LA market. Ballmer didn't buy the Clippers to sit #2 behind the Lakers and share an arena. Give it one to two years the Clippers will be in Seattle. Hansen is buying more land near the arena site.

You can call me crazy all you want. This move will happen. Just watch.

Except he paid two billion dollars for the team. A billion dollar check would've gotten him an expansion franchise. He didn't pay four times the last NBA sale price to move them out of one of the biggest market in sports.

The Lakers own the LA market. Ballmer didn't buy the Clippers to sit #2 behind the Lakers and share an arena. Give it one to two years the Clippers will be in Seattle. Hansen is buying more land near the arena site.

You can call me crazy all you want. This move will happen. Just watch.

If they leave LA, it'll be to go to Kansas City. Why? Because f*ck Seattle, that's why. The NBA won't ever let another team in there until/unless there's a new arena, and that won't ever happen in Seattle until/unless there's an NHL team coming to town. And the NHL will absolutely not expand for several more years, because there's no way they can add more teams to the PST without realigning, and they just did that with the last CBA, which doesn't expire until 2021.

Recap: Seattle can't build a new arena until it has both NHL and NBA teams to fill it. NHL will not add a new team or relocate an existing team, because they just went through a labor dispute and realigned the whole league, and adding a new team to the PST would screw all of that up. Clippers alone are not sufficient to justify a new arena, and even if one did miraculously get built, the NBA would still screw Seattle over, because f*ck Seattle. There's already an existing arena in Kansas City, who've been waiting patiently for years to get their promised NBA team. QED.

The Lakers own the LA market. Ballmer didn't buy the Clippers to sit #2 behind the Lakers and share an arena. Give it one to two years the Clippers will be in Seattle. Hansen is buying more land near the arena site.

You can call me crazy all you want. This move will happen. Just watch.

Except he paid two billion dollars for the team. A billion dollar check would've gotten him an expansion franchise. He didn't pay four times the last NBA sale price to move them out of one of the biggest market in sports.

Except the League is not expanding. The Bucks,Pelicans and Hornets are not for sale (yet) which all three should be since they are in financial trouble. Those moves would make the most sense. Also with all the new land being purchased by Hansen since the Clippers deal, and now Ballmer (Hansens partner) owning the Clips the pieces are now in place. This is a very strategically planned move, its going to be well executed.

If you don't think the Clippers are moving, then why is Hansen buying more land for an Arena deal that is only going to happen with the NBA first. The guy would not be buying more land if there wasn't a team coming especially in the location of where the land is being bought.

Give it time....I say maybe 1-2 years then all of a sudden Ballmer will move the team.

The Lakers own the LA market. Ballmer didn't buy the Clippers to sit #2 behind the Lakers and share an arena. Give it one to two years the Clippers will be in Seattle. Hansen is buying more land near the arena site.

You can call me crazy all you want. This move will happen. Just watch.

If they leave LA, it'll be to go to Kansas City. Why? Because f*ck Seattle, that's why. The NBA won't ever let another team in there until/unless there's a new arena, and that won't ever happen in Seattle until/unless there's an NHL team coming to town. And the NHL will absolutely not expand for several more years, because there's no way they can add more teams to the PST without realigning, and they just did that with the last CBA, which doesn't expire until 2021.

Recap: Seattle can't build a new arena until it has both NHL and NBA teams to fill it. NHL will not add a new team or relocate an existing team, because they just went through a labor dispute and realigned the whole league, and adding a new team to the PST would screw all of that up. Clippers alone are not sufficient to justify a new arena, and even if one did miraculously get built, the NBA would still screw Seattle over, because f*ck Seattle. There's already an existing arena in Kansas City, who've been waiting patiently for years to get their promised NBA team. QED.

Wrong, The Arena deal is already in place for the NBA first Hockey is an afterthought and would be nice but the MOU on the Arena deal builds with an NBA team not the NHL. The land, the funding for the Arena is already in place. So is the team now.

Also, yes the league will not allow the team to move to Seattle. Or does Ballmer have some deal in place already with Adam Silver....There is more to this than it appears on paper my friend. Nobody is going to come right out and say yes, we are moving.....but just wait.

I have liked Lebron since I found out about him his junior year of high school. He is bright, well spoken and conducts himself well with all the spotlight he has on him. The "decision" was a clusterfark but if that is the only real black mark you have that is pretty good. That being said him giving up in the 4th quarter in Cleveland and the entire Heat team giving up after the first quarter of game 3 makes me sad for him only professionally but he still a good person and I will be his fan and just like Peyton Manning is probably the best at their positions we will see in our lifetime that are good decent human beings.

mentallo69:Also, yes the league will not allow the team to move to Seattle. Or does Ballmer have some deal in place already with Adam Silver....There is more to this than it appears on paper my friend. Nobody is going to come right out and say yes, we are moving.....but just wait.

Well, Balmer is trying to buy the staples center and the Kings. If he pulls that off too, I doubt he'll want to relocate everything. Maybe move the Lakers?

Lost Thought 00:mentallo69: Also, yes the league will not allow the team to move to Seattle. Or does Ballmer have some deal in place already with Adam Silver....There is more to this than it appears on paper my friend. Nobody is going to come right out and say yes, we are moving.....but just wait.

Well, Balmer is trying to buy the staples center and the Kings. If he pulls that off too, I doubt he'll want to relocate everything. Maybe move the Lakers?

DING DING DING!!!!!!

This is exactly why he is moving. The Kings just won the Stanley cup. They aren't for sale nor will they be. The Staples center is not for sale. Ballmer will ask for a new arena to be built in LA. Again he doesn't want to be second fiddle to the Lakers. He will get denied an arena in LA where there will already be an arena in Seattle being built.

Adam Silver knows this...I guarentee you he already knows that they are moving. Ballmer came in and hooked the NBA up by taking the franchise from a racist at a very large blockbuster price tag. Nobody pays 2 billion dollars to sit behind the Lakers.

Add up those PPG and add on Lebron's 25+. That's likely 90% of the Heat's scoring in those finals. 4 or 5 people providing that much offense means the team is dependent on just a few people to do all the scoring. That means the team has no depth. Hence, Lebron needs help.

Jordan's teams were fantastically deep. They had a ton of people spreading the ball and the scoring load. You can and should lean on LeBron and Jordan, but they can only do what they do; 30/7/7, every night. When the rest of team can't play, you need help, or rather, depth.